December Naked Astronomy podcast released

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In this edition of Naked Astronomy, why scientists are making mud in the laboratory to try free a trapped Mars rover, the discs that give birth to new planets, the space equivalent of an ordnance survey map for the stars and how scientists are seeking the origins of life in outer space. Plus, your queries about the cosmos: could Earth capture a new moon, why is the asteroid belt not just a planet and is there a planet beyond Pluto... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

More details of the podcast are posted here, and on the Naked Astronomy website.

The sky on 6 Nov 2025

The sky on 6 November 2025
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
16:54
Twilight ends
18:19
Twilight begins
04:48


Waning Gibbous

96%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:07 13:00 17:54
Venus 05:03 10:38 16:14
Moon 16:57 00:14 07:41
Mars 07:39 12:43 17:46
Jupiter 21:30 04:35 11:39
Saturn 14:40 20:31 02:23
All times shown in PST.

Source

This information was taken from the Naked Astronomy website.

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